Addressing perinatal depression in a group of underserved urban women: A focus group study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Raymond, Nancy C ^a   Pratt, Rebekah J ^b   Godecker, Amy ^c   Harrison, Patricia A ^d   Kim, Helen ^e   Kuendig, Jesse ^e   O'Brien, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Family Med Community Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d Minneapolis Health Department Director of Research and Program Development   (United States)

^e Hennepin Women's Mental Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus group; Mental health; Perinatal; Qualitative data

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD CHANGE; PEER GROUP; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909989923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-336     Document Type: Article

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